Needs to Fix - English 10H: Poetry Terms/Notes

DAY 1 - Introduction into Poetry:

term

definition

(Traditional) Poetry

Usually rhymes, written in verse (lines) with a regular rhythm. There is a rhyme scheme.

Experimental Poetry/Free Verse

Does away with regular meter and rhyme, but is usually still set up in lines. Poets communicate emotions, feelings and experiences. Says more but talks less with imagery, figurative language, rhythm and they sometimes rhyme. Word choice = important!

Imagery

Really descriptive language alluding to 5 senses.

DAY 2 - (Poetic) Forms:

term

definition

Free Verse

Connects to when they really want to just write, no rules.

Lyric

Short, emotional poem.

Sonnet

14-line poem. Short, rhyming: ABABCDCDEFEFGG

2 TYPES:

English - Iambic Pentameter, 5 Iambs in a line

Shakespearean: 3 Quadrains (4-lined stanza), rhyming couplet

Italian/ Petrachan

14-lines

Octave - 1st 8 lines - introduces a problem/idea

Volta - Switch (lines 9-ish)

Sestet - last 6 lines - answers question/problem or reinforces an idea

Example: Rhyme Scheme

ABBACDDCEE.

Narrative

Tells a story - action, conflict, resolution.

Epic

Long and formal narrative. Poem written in an elevated style and recounts a hero of almost mythic proportions who embodies the traits of a nation of people.

Example: Odyssey

Ballad

A narrative composition in rhythms. Verse suitable for singing.

Note: Form emphasizes meaning!

DAY 3 - Figurative Language:

term

definition

Figurative Language

Describing one thing in terms of something else.

Simile

Using like or as.

Metaphor

Implied

Symbol Object

Idea/belief.

Personification

Giving human attributes to an inanimate object.

DAY 4 - Musical Devices

term

definition

Musical Meaning In Devices

In choosing words, poets always consider the musical quality as well as meaning. Sound = reinforce meaning.

Refrain

Recurring line, stanza, phrase, or ballad within a poem, star changes!

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel

Angry Alligator Ate An Apple

Onomapatopeia

Sound imitates. Buzz, wham.

Rhyme Patterns:

Exact

Words that exactly repeat a sound.

Internal

Rhyme occurs with a line

Approximate/Slant

Rhymes in the final sounds. Are similar but not identical

Rhythm

Alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Meter

General pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables - iambic pentament -> example:

My love | is such | that riv | ers can | not quench

Iambic pentameter

5 iambs in a line of poetry